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as in worried
feeling or showing uncomfortable feelings of uncertainty
plagued with an unquiet mind the whole time her son was stationed overseas
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as in restless
lacking or denying rest
an unquiet curiosity that impelled him to study the world about him relentlessly
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Recent Examples of unquiet
These attempts to keep down the unquiet dead were, besides being desecrations, exercises in a lot of heavy and often forbidden labor done on decaying bodies.
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Rivka Galchen,
New Yorker,
7 Jan. 2026
The finale had the impossible task of putting the monstrous show to an unquiet grave, and while some storylines seemed rushed and others completely ignored, even everyone’s least favorite season of GOT is heart palpitating.
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Taylor Antrim,
Vogue,
31 Jan. 2025
The decision is an outright and unbridled expression of my unquiet mind.
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Outside Online,
10 July 2024
The calamity at Waco, the shipwrecks of the Spanish Armada, unquiet literary unions, a new thriller from Sweden and more.
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Stephen Brumwell,
WSJ,
27 Jan. 2023
Instead of providing an answer, Gleeson takes us into the unquiet mind of a man whose profound unhappiness is its own kind of life force.
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The New York Times Magazine,
New York Times,
6 Dec. 2022
Something is certainly making Sutter’s unquiet spirit walk.
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Helen Shaw,
The New Yorker,
14 Oct. 2022
Around him unfolds the dull and hopeless work of a cubicle maze that forces otherwise potentially lovable people to live lives of unquiet desperation.
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Nathan Deuel,
Los Angeles Times,
20 July 2022
Charles Stewart Parnell, who championed the cause of Irish Home Rule, is the unquiet ghost who haunts the book.
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Fintan O’Toole,
The Atlantic,
16 June 2022
Rivka Galchen,
New Yorker,
7 Jan. 2026
The finale had the impossible task of putting the monstrous show to an unquiet grave, and while some storylines seemed rushed and others completely ignored, even everyone’s least favorite season of GOT is heart palpitating.
—
Taylor Antrim,
Vogue,
31 Jan. 2025
The decision is an outright and unbridled expression of my unquiet mind.
—
Outside Online,
10 July 2024
The calamity at Waco, the shipwrecks of the Spanish Armada, unquiet literary unions, a new thriller from Sweden and more.
—
Stephen Brumwell,
WSJ,
27 Jan. 2023
Instead of providing an answer, Gleeson takes us into the unquiet mind of a man whose profound unhappiness is its own kind of life force.
—
The New York Times Magazine,
New York Times,
6 Dec. 2022
Something is certainly making Sutter’s unquiet spirit walk.
—
Helen Shaw,
The New Yorker,
14 Oct. 2022
Around him unfolds the dull and hopeless work of a cubicle maze that forces otherwise potentially lovable people to live lives of unquiet desperation.
—
Nathan Deuel,
Los Angeles Times,
20 July 2022
Charles Stewart Parnell, who championed the cause of Irish Home Rule, is the unquiet ghost who haunts the book.
—
Fintan O’Toole,
The Atlantic,
16 June 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unquiet
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The city is recommending zoning regulations that fall in line with state statute while trying to calm residents who are worried data centers will overwhelm resources like water and energy and impose on their quality of life.
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Hollywood insider Rob Shuter is reporting that guests to the wedding are worried about the itinerary and the scale of the celebration.
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Neither team has pressed forward with much conviction in the first 15 minutes, and after some back-and-forth passing on the back line of the Netherlands' defense, boos could be heard from restless spectators in Monterrey.
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Within a few restless months, the group of strangers have become a fragile family.
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Though fans are anxious to see Andrade return to more events, her job in Rio is done.
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Homeless, his body torn, Odysseus needs to get back to her and Telemachus, his anxious son, and to clean up the mess.
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At Clis boutique in Melrose Park, owner Jeimmy Espina is nervous and overwhelmed by the number of dead and injured in her home country.
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Apple head honchos are nervous about cybersecurity – and one reason might be a recent supply chain attack on supplier Tata, the largest Indian company of its kind to ink a partnership with the front-running American smartphone company.
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Play was held up after some upset fans threw things onto the field after the controversial offside call.
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Usually, when the USMNT enters the knockout stage in the World Cup, they’re considered the underdogs, hoping to be scrappy to force an upset.
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The company and the government have since seemed to settle into an uneasy truce.
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But some retirees remain uneasy about security concerns, healthcare quality, and property ownership structures.
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For Kelly, the Mexican release is also another chapter in the unlikely afterlife of a film that has continued to attract new audiences long after its troubled theatrical debut.
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De la Espriella promised El Salvador-style mega-prisons, while Cepeda promised to salvage Petro’s troubled ‘total peace’ talks with rebel groups.
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The report comes with Federal Reserve policymakers expressing mixed feelings about the economy – mostly positive on growth though apprehensive on inflation as earlier fears about weakness in the labor market have eased.
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Testa was apprehensive at first.
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“Unquiet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unquiet. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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